But I get an "access denied" popup when I attempt open on;C:\xampp\apache\logs\access.logC:\xampp\apache\logs\error.logC:\xampp\mysql\data\mysql_error.log

Are any of these the file the phpadmin message means? If so, how do I gain access? (My personal computer)

I've been using XAMPP tools (incl MYSQL and the PHPAdmin) for a number of years and a number of applications.

This occurred immediately after I tried and failed to DROP my autoincrement Primary Key from a mySQL table. The application crashed and this is what received when I tried to go back in.

I uninstalled, pulled down a new XAMPP package from SourceForge -- even defragged my hard drive (yeah -- I know but I'm desperate), but still have a problem. The only difference is that now all of the above log files are "access denied" where I was able to get in to some of them before.